Inheritance

Written by Cyndi Celeste

Illustrated by Paul Majek

My inheritance

Is not given to me;

In this rat race I have only

My two front feet — my hind

Sight has a cataract

Blinding me to possibility

And potential

And poison

Look like family

When their scent

Sticks in the c a v i t y

Of my treasure

Chest

Locked with key

That dangles

From an out-of-reach

Line